Educators' handbook on effective testing
By: Myles I. Friedman ... [et al.] ; foreword by Lawrence W. Lezotte.
Contributors: Friedman, Myles I., 1924-
Publisher: Institute for Evidence-Based Decision-Making in Education
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Columbia, SC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 880
Subjects: Educational tests and measurements -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Educational tests and measurements -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: User's guide; title: Admission testing and decision making. College admission tests; title: Admission to the education professsion: certification tests; title: Early childhood admission tests; title: Placement testing and decision-making. Placement tests; title: Instructional prescription testing and decision-making. Reading tests; title: Mathematics tests; title: Spoken and written language tests; title: Achievement certification testing and decision-making. Multi-skill academic achievement tests; title: Individual-skill academic achievement tests; title: Referral testing and decision-making. Observable manifestations and observational assessments; title: Informal testing procedures; title: Formal testing procedures using published tests; title: Criteria for evaluating educational practices. Evidence-based criteria by area; title: Standards as criteria.